From idea to exhibition: developing art for Google

Digital Revolution is an art exhibition currently running at London's Barbican Centre. Part of the exhibition is Google's "DevArt" project -- a selection of code-based installations. Google commissioned three established artists for the show, and ran a competition to find an up-and-coming artist to join them.

The winner of the competition was French duo Béatrice Lartigue and Cyril Diagne with "Les métamorphoses de Mr. Kalia." As part of their prize, Diagne and Lartigue received a £25K, plus support from Google Developers and the Barbican to help realize their concept into a digital art installation.

With the code working and the art space ready to go, Lartigue and Diagne can start testing the set-up in situ. Once complete, all four of the DevArt installations are opened to the viewing public, that, fittingly, took to the internet to give their thoughts...

DevArt celebrates art made with code, by developers using technology as their canvas and code as their raw material to create innovative, interactive digital art installations.

DevArt includes a gallery at the Barbican's Digital Revolution exhibition, for which Google, together with the Barbican, have commissioned some of the world's most progressive interactive artists: Karsten Schmidt, Zach Lieberman, and duo Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet. It also includes a global initiative and website (g.co/devart), launched in February 2014, for developers to showcase their creativity for a chance to be commissioned by Google and the Barbican.

All participating developers were encouraged to open-source their creative and technical process for others to see, from early sketches and concepts, to their completed installations. From this initiative, the judges hand-picked a 4th commission for DevArt at the Digital Revolution, which was awarded to Béatrice Lartigue and Cyril Diagne for Les Métamorphoses de Mr. Kalia.